We are Celebrating AND Asking for Your Help: Low Cost Dental Clinic Working for Your Community

MLA Michelle Mungall and Board Members Celebrate the receipt of $50,000 from Pacific Blue Cross

News Release: February 24, 2016

Subject:  West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society requesting partnerships with dentists, dental professionals and community members of the Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Regional Districts.

West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society (TEETH) is a registered not for profit society, whose sole purpose is to increase access to dental care for all. The Society is currently operating a low cost clinic within a dental office in Nelson. This one office, currently serves all residents in Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Regional Districts. Clients of TEETH receive dental care with a 40% discount. Many dedicated paid staff, volunteers, donation of clinic space and other discounts and donations has enabled the program to be viable and sustainable.

TEETH recently won 1^st prize, $50,000 from Pacific Blue Cross 75^th Anniversary “Share the Care Giveaway.” This prize enables the Board of TEETH to invite dentists, dental professionals and community members of the Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Regional Districts to unite with the work of TEETH’s mission “To increase access to dental care for all citizens in the communities regardless of income level.”

The Board is seeking partnerships, for the purpose of increasing access to low-cost quality dental care.

We are seeking your ideas of how you can partner with TEETH in your community. Although we have envisioned similar clinics operating in the rest of the Kootenay Boundary region, we realize each community is unique. Because we understand what is effectual in one community, may not be in another, we are asking for your suggestions. 

Let us know what might work best in your area to increase access to low-cost quality dental care.

The Board of TEETH welcomes the opportunity to partner with you and hear all your suggestions. Let us know what is your community's ‘best-fit’ to provide low-cost quality dental care.

Thank you for helping us help you, and your community, to increase access to low-cost quality dental care that is closer to home.

 Please contact us at:  TEETHClinicWK@gmail.com or 250-352-6560 (TEETH info Hot Line).

The Board of The West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society:

Barry Nelson, Debby Zeeben, Eric Ramsden, Mara Sand, Pegasis McGauley, Christine Chore

If you have any ideas, or would like to volunteer or work with us, you can leave a comment or contact us as noted above.

Eric, Erin and Marion

Let's Celebrate: TEETH Clinic Society's BIG WIN for Our Community and You are Invited!

West Kootenay Community TEETH Clinic Society

 Let’s Celebrate

                                 

Invitation to Staff, Volunteers, Supporters & their Families of WK Community TEETH Clinic 

When:  Saturday February 27^th

Location:  Bigby Place in Nelson -509 Front St.

Time:  6:30 pm

Please bring your favourite finger food.  The TEETH Clinic Society will provide beverages. 

We look forward to celebrating the progress of TEETH increasing access to dental care.

Because of everyone’s dedication and efforts, TEETH helps so many.

This celebration is for all of you!

Your RSVP by Thursday, Feb. 25^th would be greatly appreciated: 

TEETHClinicWK@gmail.com

or 250.352.6560 (TEETH Info. Hot Line)

                                  

                                  

The Latest from Our Community First Health Co-op Board February 2015 Meeting

Highlights of Meeting

The Community First Health Co-op (CFHC) has recently received two interesting proposals for building our network relationships from activity on our revitalized website. The website, along with our brand-new Blog, has provided an opportunity for people around the world to see the community-focused work that our Co-op does to support healthy living for our residents.

Here are two recent proposals that sprung for our internet presence:

The B.C. Women’s Foundation in Vancouver is offering a free program in Nelson called Osteofit for Seniors and CFHC has accepted the invitation to host the training.

The Alberta Co-operative Association has contacted CFHC asking for help to prepare their presentation to the Alberta Minister of Health on the CFHC model for communities in Alberta.  They have taken information from our website and Deb, the board chair, sent organization charts and other items.

The British Columbia (B.C.) Dental Association has invited a representative from the low-cost dental clinic, along with Mara Sand of Interior Health, to their symposium in Vancouver that focuses on non-profit dental clinics.  Interior Health has provided financial support for Mara to attend while the Dental Society provided travel reimbursement for the West Kootenay TEETH Clinic Society rep to attend.

Keep in touch and drop us a comment...

Eric and Marion